't we living up to the brown division, we're not living up to the plussie division. now, the good news is, and this is the story that doesn't get heard, is there are a small number of schools around the country known as magnet schools, connecticut has several of them, that are integrated by law and are doing extremely well. and the research has shown that our kids do, in fact, do better, particularly poor children, in integrated schools. a lot of that is about access to resources. but it's also about the effect of other children getting support at home. so you're not in a school that has concentrated poverty and where kids are coming from very similar circumstances. >> if i could just jump in here, i was lucky enough to attend integrated schools all through my education. i've been interested in this as a journalist. while it may be great for poor kids, it's not great for middle class students. they're going to go down. and that's why i think parents resisted. if they're like oh, the teacher is really focusing on them more and my kid is going to suffer. that's not true. they're bringing
